diversification Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Wren evolution in the British Isles: How might island evolution generate patterns of avian diversity?

By Michał Jezierski|2026-09-05T22:30:12+01:0010 Sep 2026|diversification, evolution, genetic differentiation, islands|

Report from a BOU-funded project

A Fairy Tern tale

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-03T07:06:41+01:004 May 2023|Conservation, diversification, DNA sequencing, endangered, gene flow, genetic diversity, island birds, population divergence, Seabirds|

What is the genetic status of the New Zealand population?

Azorean Woodcocks

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-09-19T10:40:24+01:0022 Sep 2022|dispersal, diversification, gene flow, genetic diversity, Genetics, island birds, Migration, population divergence, ringing|

Is there gene flow between the Azores and mainland Europe?

The Dead Sea Sparrow: one or two species?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-13T12:27:22+01:0016 Jun 2022|distribution, diversification, DNA sequencing, gene flow, morphology, passerines, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Combining several lines of evidence to reach a solid taxonomic decision.

Overlooked diversity in a European context

By Manuel Schweizer|2022-04-29T15:29:48+01:009 May 2022|cryptic, diversification, diversity, DNA sequencing, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, IBIS, Mediterranean forest, museum collections, phylogeny, population structure, Speciation, Taxonomy|

Genome-wide data uncovers two morphologically cryptic lineages in the Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Breaking into the Major Histocompatibility Complex

By Alexandra McCubbin|2022-03-16T13:15:13+00:0017 Mar 2022|avian biology, BOU-funded, diversification, DNA sequencing, early career, ecology, ECR, endemic, genetic diversity, Genetics, genomics, island birds, storm-petrels|

The novel detection of two MHC lineages in Hydrobates storm petrels on the Azores

Aposematism in birds

By Tim Caro|2021-11-21T15:23:11+00:0022 Nov 2021|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, ecology, evolution, IBIS, morphology|

Aposematism and mimicry in birds

Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-30T11:45:55+01:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Mountain babblers reflect more UV light than lowland babblers

The taxonomic grey zone of the Olive Woodpecker

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-12T07:18:36+01:0012 Aug 2021|demography, diversification, evolution, gene flow, Genetics, Taxonomy|

Should this African woodpecker be classified as two or three species?

Extinction-in-progress in Indonesia

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-04-07T10:25:54+01:008 Apr 2021|biodiversity, Conservation, diversification, endemic, Genetics, island birds, morphology|

A unique population on the island Simeulue is already extinct in the wild.